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English: Orani Church - Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish Church (Nuestra Señora del Rosario Parish Church / Orani Church / Church of Orani)[1]II. Vicariate of St. Dominic de Guzman, Roman Catholic Diocese of Balanga[2][3] [4][5]Diocese of Balanga(Dioecesis Balangensis) Suffragan of San Fernando, Pampanga Created: March 17, 1975. Canonically Erected: November 7, 1975. Comprises the whole civil province of Bataan. Titular: St. Joseph, Husband of Mary, April 28. Bishop Most Reverend Ruperto Cruz Santos, DD[6][7] Parish Priest, Fr. Santos S. Detablan, assisted by Fr. Jesus R. Navoa, Catholic population, 33, 957[8] Church of Orani - Orani became an independent missionary center in 1714. The church and convent of Orani, repaired in 1792 and 1836, were badly damaged by the earthquake of September 16, 1852. They were built and improved under the supervision of the Rev. Bartolome Alvarez del Manzano, O.P. in 1891. They were destroyed by fire on March 16, 1938 which razed about three fourths of Orani including the town hall, the Tercena, former Bataan High School and later Orani Elementary School building. The church was reconstructed in September 1938. [9] http://nhcphistoricsites.blogspot.com/2011/11/church-of-orani.html]Orani, Bataan (Region III) House of Worship Status: Level II - With Marker Marker Date: 1939 Site Orani church façade,Orani, Bataan installed by Historical Research and Markers Committee[10]Coordinates: 14°48'2"N 120°32'8"E Orani, 2112 Bataan[11][12]